Electrical Switchgear Selection and Operation
Course Objectives
This course is designed to
Types of switchgears
Type of circuit breaker
Protection of power system
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for junior & senior electrical and non-electrical engineers, who are involved in operation, planning, maintenance, protection, control and analysis of working in power utilities and industrial plants (generation, transmission and distribution of electrical power) as well as the same personnel involved in gas and oil industries.
Duration
5 days
Day One:
Introduction
Voltage convention, fundamentals of circuit breakers
Types of breakers, construction, ratings, tripping, characteristics
Switchgear in a network context
Single line and utilization
Switchgear in historical perspective
Oil circuit breakers, air blast CB, SF6 and vacuum CB
Operating mechanisms
Day Two:
Switchgear Details
Ratings Ur, Lk, lp, Va and degree of protection
Service conditions and ancillary equipment
Day Three:
Circuit Breaker Diagnostic Techniques
Diagnostic techniques
Switchgear vital equipment
Batteries condition monitoring and discussions
Substation maintenance techniques
Description, structures and fuses, arresters, switches
Substation compound and switchgear maintenance
Practices
Day Four:
Substation maintenance techniques
Metal clad switchgear and maintenance details
Metal clad switchgear maintenance details and Discussions
Maintenance and repair fundamentals
Maintenance and repair procedures
Day Five:
Diagnostics techniques and troubleshooting
Nomenclature
Troubleshooting guides
Videos for maintenance and operation of most common circuit breakers